Saint Vitus: Physical crit ranger guide[Always Updated]

I can shot as long as i want with the 4l frenzy an 4l roa ...dont know why lol running 3 auras and have 6% Lifeleech on physical dmg... i guess the high crits are providing the mana

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maxboo wrote:

I can shot as long as i want with the 4l frenzy an 4l roa ...dont know why lol running 3 auras and have 6% Lifeleech on physical dmg... i guess the high crits are providing the mana

I just noticed your ring and ammy have 2% physical damage leeched back as Mana mods on them... guess that answers that question XD. 6% mana leech is more than enough, and Lioneye's provides an excellent mana pool boost.

Without seeing this thread i made a build similar to this a week ago. I've just hit act III merciless and so far i've had little to no trouble with the content.

Here is my tree so far:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIB1QAbAVb6lQXdDe4O6xTcFYcZWhqxMDY9okB0QVFHtUi2QXBS51Q6WOpi-WPOZ21s53QUdYd2Sn0Efqp_LIU1hpuNjX01kmqTzZign2egxKKhpCmlvqcPqw6t-rE6sxm0BbWquJ65Fr_8xd7Gjb_-yKXLhs4-z07IAdGr0srTp9R314fbOdRh4hrbveYs6fPqr-sV8HTxb_J46_T4DPIk_Rn-

Here's a rundown of my character so far:
I'm running hatred and grace (no purity because I haven't found it yet)

- I've swapped RoA with split arrow and chain which gets the job done nicely.
With 5% life leech this chaacter hardly drops below 70% health
- 3.6k dps with 7 freny charges because My gear is pretty average.
- 20% crit chance and 50% multiplier
- Only about 1.5k health which is a worry

If there are tips people could give me on the tree i'd appeeciate it

DARQs

@DARQs: with 81 points, I believe you'll get more benefit out this setup than the one you currently have. (17 point respec)



This will give you more life, mana leech, resistances, and evasion, although you'll lose some DPS. Into Merciless difficulty, I find it's better to be able to survive than to kill them faster. The DPS will come from your gear. More importantly, you want to hit those important notables as soon as possible, and that usually takes place before entering maps.

Thankyou very much for your advice!

some of the life node swaps don't seem to be too neccesary but i can see about 4 respec points which are pretty crucial, mainly the mana drinker and the alchemist passives. I am using wurms molt at the moment which i would prefer to swap out for high phys damage crit belt with life (as I have essentially none) but i want to move to maps ASAP.

Should I now be focussing more on crit chance than uppgin overall physical damage?

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DARQs wrote:

Thankyou very much for your advice!

some of the life node swaps don't seem to be too neccesary but i can see about 4 respec points which are pretty crucial, mainly the mana drinker and the alchemist passives. I am using wurms molt at the moment which i would prefer to swap out for high phys damage crit belt with life (as I have essentially none) but i want to move to maps ASAP.

Should I now be focussing more on crit chance than uppgin overall physical damage?

I think you should focus on crit chance. Leaving your crit chance at a low state at the end of Merc will make you kill things a lot slower, even if your base DPS is higher.

I think VictorDoom said to get the physical damage first and when possible, crits. I think there should be a balance between the two.

Around the 30% crit chance rate is when you really see the crits coming, so if you can build your crit chance to that much, you can stop investing into more crit chance and socket the Increased Critical Strikes support. Getting 30% crit rate also relies on the implicit crit chance on your bow. 5% is the base crit chance, but having 6% to 6.5% will help raise the crit chance much easier.

Running this building currently, loving it. However, any tips on avoiding getting slaughtered by the projectile shooting Miscreations in Lunaris? I get stunlocked and destroyed if I happen to run into a pack of them solo, even if I pop granite/life/quicksilver and try to high-tail it out of there. Any gear/passives that I'm not considering, or is it just the way it goes?

why not mana leach with split arrows ?

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lanteam wrote:

Running this building currently, loving it. However, any tips on avoiding getting slaughtered by the projectile shooting Miscreations in Lunaris? I get stunlocked and destroyed if I happen to run into a pack of them solo, even if I pop granite/life/quicksilver and try to high-tail it out of there. Any gear/passives that I'm not considering, or is it just the way it goes?

use decoy totem, conversion traps, summons.

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plasticeyes wrote:

why not mana leach with split arrows ?

you dont need the gem, you get mana leech on gear, like rings, amulet and quiver.

Good guide! thanks! :D